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Lead Software Engineer
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Mastercard International Incorporated paid sponsored hires in similar roles10 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MO: $115k–$138k, median $127k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Mastercard International Incorporated
The US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Lead Software Engineer Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Role Overview This is a hands-on Lead Engineer role focused on building backend and full-stack capabilities for Mastercard's next-generation Decision Management Platform, the real-time system that helps score and approve billions of payment transactions. You will own technical areas end to end, write code, shape architecture, mentor engineers, and turn ambiguous goals into reliable services, APIs, workflow tools, and user-facing experiences. Key Responsibilities • Own meaningful backend and full-stack capabilities from problem definition through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support. • Design and build scalable services, APIs, workflow tooling, frontend experiences, and integrations. • Set technical direction, make pragmatic architecture decisions, and align engineers around maintainable solutions. • Use design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on coaching to raise engineering quality and reduce complexity. • Write code, build prototypes, and use AI coding tools to improve speed, quality, and team effectiveness. • Work closely with product, engineering, and senior stakeholders to turn ambiguous goals into working software and measurable outcomes. What We're Looking For • You lead through delivery. You have shipped meaningful backend, full-stack, or product-facing capabilities in complex production systems. •You think end to end. You connect user experience, APIs, backend design, data flows, operations, and business outcomes. •You influence by doing the work. You guide technical direction through judgment, clear communication, and hands-on credibility. •You care about quality. Testing, observability, security, clean interfaces, and maintainability are part of how you build. •You are adaptable. You are comfortable with ambiguity, changing priorities, and small, fast-moving teams. Relevant Experience •You do not need experience in every area, but should bring strong hands-on depth in several of the following: •Backend services, API design, service integration, and domain modeling. •Full-stack applications, workflow tooling, dashboards, authoring tools, or operational interfaces. •High-throughput, low-latency, event-driven, or distributed systems. •Decisioning, rules, data, feature platforms, or real-time transaction processing. •AI/ML systems, low-latency inference, or LLM-enabled product experiences. •AI-assisted development and agentic harnesses Requirements •Strong hands-on software engineering experience building backend services, APIs, full-stack applications, or complex production systems. •Experience owning technical areas end to end, including design, implementation, testing, deployment